Concept {fcaR}

R6 class for a fuzzy concept with sparse internal representation

Description

This class implements the data structure and methods for fuzzy concepts.

Methods

Public methods

• Concept$new()

• Concept$get_extent()

• Concept$get_intent()

• Concept$print()

• Concept$to_latex()

• Concept$clone()

Method new()

Creator for objects of class Concept

Usage

Concept$new(extent, intent)

Arguments

extent

(Set) The extent of the concept.

intent

(Set) The intent of the concept.

Returns

An object of class Concept.

Method get_extent()

Internal Set for the extent

Usage

Concept$get_extent()

Returns

The Set representation of the extent.

Method get_intent()

Internal Set for the intent

Usage

Concept$get_intent()

Returns

The Set representation of the intent.

Method print()

Prints the concept to console

Usage

Concept$print()

Returns

A string with the elements of the set and their grades between brackets .

Method to_latex()

Write the concept in LaTeX format

Usage

Concept$to_latex(print = TRUE)

Arguments

print

(logical) Print to output?

Returns

The fuzzy concept in LaTeX.

Method clone()

The objects of this class are cloneable with this method.

Usage

Concept$clone(deep = FALSE)

Arguments

deep

Whether to make a deep clone.

Examples

# Build a formal context and find its concepts
fc_planets <- FormalContext$new(planets)
fc_planets$find_concepts()

# Print the first three concepts
fc_planets$concepts[1:3]

# Select the first concept:
C <- fc_planets$concepts$sub(1)

# Get its extent and intent
C$get_extent()
C$get_intent()